August 24, 2026

India’s entire television industry has been flying blind since June. BARC’s last published week is Week 24. For as long as the blackout lasts, the only instrument still measuring the Indian television audience is the audience itself.

Forty-nine categories, four award groups, and no jury sitting above any of it. Here is exactly how IFTA 2026 works, what is being decided, and what you need to do.

Four juries looked at the same year of Indian cinema. They named three different Best Films. Nobody asked the people who bought the tickets.